Chris Burke marked his return to the Birmingham squad by scoring a last-minute penalty to earn the Blues a 2-2 draw at the King Power Stadium and deny Leicester a spot in the Championship play-off places.

Victory would have seen the Foxes edge into the top six before Saturday's fixtures and, when Jeff Schlupp had headed them in front for the second time, at 2-1, it looked as if Nigel Pearson's side were going to end their eight-game winless run. But the substitute Burke, back after a three-game absence with an ankle injury, kept his cool from the penalty spot to snatch a point for the visitors.

Leicester had taken an early lead through Curtis Davies's own-goal but Nikola Zigic equalised just after the hour.

The result leaves the Foxes in seventh place with only one win from their last 13 league matches.

The opening goal came following a swift counterattack. Wade Elliott's corner was cleared by Danny Drinkwater and controlled brilliantly by Chris Wood inside the centre circle while under pressure from a couple of defenders.

Wood slipped a pass into the path of David Nugent, whose 25-yard effort had to be turned behind by Jack Butland.

From the resulting corner Matty James's cross was headed in by the stooping Davies as he attempted to prevent Wes Morgan from getting to the ball.

In the 26th minute the Blues provided Leicester with a reminder that their lead was a slim one. Nathan Redmond cut inside from the right and forced Kasper Schmeichel to turn his low shot round the near post.

The goalkeeper repeated the feat two minutes later after Redmond's quick feet created space for him to get a shot away from inside the box. Schmeichel then brilliantly blocked Robinson's far-post volley from the resulting corner.

Birmingham scored a well-crafted equaliser after 61 minutes. Redmond and Paul Caddis carved Leicester open down the right, with the latter providing a low cross which Zigic tapped in from six yards out.

Schlupp was the width of a post away from restoring Leicester's lead shortly afterwards when his fierce left-foot shot struck the upright. The Ghanaian did put Leicester back in front after 75 minutes when he rose unmarked to head home James's corner.

It looked to be enough for Pearson's side until the ball bobbled back into the area off Nugent who then tripped the substitute Wes Thomas.

The referee pointed to the spot and Burke stepped up to level it up once more.